State Police Announce K9 Teams Receive National Certification

The Delaware State Police and municipal K9 teams throughout the state received National Certification in explosive and narcotic scent detection by the National Police Canine Association (NPCA). Both dual and single purpose K-9 Teams participated in the certification event.

The Delaware State Police K9 teams along with the New Castle County Police Department and the Wilmington Police Department K9 teams all work and train to meet the certification standards established by the NPCA. All three agencies train Law Enforcement K9 teams in the state under one certification standard for both explosive and narcotic scent detection. Certification scenarios for patrol included; K9 obedience, tracking, building searches, vehicle searches and wooded area searches.

(12) Delaware State Police K-9 teams and four municipal K9 teams from Capitol Police Department and Department of Natural Resources completed the patrol and explosive certifications.

(14) Delaware State Police K9 teams and (10) municipal K-9 teams from the following Police Departments; Newark, Lewes, Bridgeville, Smyrna, Ocean View, Harrington and Dover completed the patrol and narcotics certifications.